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|unit_name=25th Mountain Battery
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|dates=1827–1947
|country=[[British Raj|Indian Empire]]
|branch=Army
|type=Artillery
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|command_structure=[[Bombay Army]] (to 1895) [[Bombay Command]]
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|battles=[[Second Sikh War]] [[1868 Expedition to Abyssinia]] [[Second Burmese War]] [[Sudan Campaign]] [[Tirah Campaign]] [[World War I]] [[Waziristan campaign 1936–1939]] [[World War II]]
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The '''25th Mountain Battery''' was an artillery battery of the [[British Indian Army]]. Raised in 1827, as the Bombay Foot Artillery, the 25th is the oldest Indian Mountain Battery, and the only one that served in the [[Second Sikh War]] at the [[Siege of Multan]]. The 25th was also the first Battery to serve outside India, when it took part in the [[1868 Expedition to Abyssinia]]. They next took part in the [[Second Burmese War]]. In 1896, the Battery was back in Africa, taking part in the [[Battle of Suakin]] in the [[Sudan Campaign]]. By 1897, the Battery had returned to the Frontier, and served in the Second Division of the [[Tirah Campaign]]. In [[World War I]], The 25th served on the Frontier, the Persian Seistan Cordon in 1917 and during the last mopping up operations in the [[Mesopotamia Campaign]] in 1917–1918. During the inter-war years, the 25th only saw active service against the [[Fakir of Ipi]] in the [[Waziristan campaign 1936–1939]].

==References==
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*{{cite book|last=Moberly|first=F.J.|title=Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign|year=1923|publisher=Imperial War Museum|isbn=1-870423-30-5}}
*{{cite book|last=Rinaldi|first=Richard A|year=2008|title=Order of Battle British Army 1914|publisher=Ravi Rikhye|isbn=978-0-9776072-8-0}}
*{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Gautam|year=1990|title=Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=81-7023-140-X}}
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914–1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}

[[Category:Artillery batteries]]
[[Category:Indian World War II regiments]]
[[Category:Indian World War I regiments]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1827]]
[[Category:Artillery units and formations of British India]]
[[Category:1827 establishments in British India]]
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